FDR Rejected Japan's Peace Offer in 1942. Was He Right?
Cordell Hull rejected Japan's peace offer 10 days before Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt said no at Casablanca. Truman had proof Japan would surrender — and stayed silent. Six days later: Hiroshima.Four times...
4 Kesä 38min
After Pearl Harbor: How the Perfect Attack Destroyed Japan
Pearl Harbor 1941: Japan's perfect attack destroyed the Pacific Fleet — and destroyed Japan. Here's how a masterpiece became a catastrophe.In December 1941, Japan executed a tactically flawless operat...
3 Kesä 36min
Burke’s Doctrine: The Night Attacks That Won the Pacific War
Arleigh Burke sank more Japanese destroyers than any officer in the Pacific War. The Navy named 74 ships after him. Almost no one knows what he did.He arrived in the Solomon Islands in October 1943 wi...
2 Kesä 44min
Ōnishi: He Created the Kamikaze. Then Left a Note Asking the Survivors Not to Follow Him.
He invented the kamikaze. He sent four thousand young men to die in it. And on the night the second world war ended, he sat alone in a room, refused help, and chose a death that lasted fifteen hours.T...
27 Huhti 33min
Halsey Got the Fifth Star. Spruance Won the War. The Admiral America Forgot.
Admiral Raymond Spruance won the Battle of Midway, commanded the Fifth Fleet, and refused to be a hero. While Halsey got the fifth star and the headlines, Spruance got Pebble Beach, a garden, and a sc...
26 Huhti 36min
The Unknown Hero Who Charged a Battleship With a Destroyer — and Saluted by the Enemy
The unknown captain who charged a Japanese battleship fleet with a single American destroyer. Ernest E. Evans, USS Johnston, Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944 — and the enemy salute that ended his fi...
26 Huhti 29min
Leyte: The Largest Naval Battle in History — And the Decision Nobody Can Explain
Leyte Gulf - The largest naval battle in history was decided not by firepower — but by a single decision no one can fully explain.October 1944. Four Japanese fleets are converging on the Philippines f...
26 Huhti 38min
